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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Erdogan Drops 'SCARY' 970-Kg Bombs; 'Gazap' Mega Bomb, NEB-2 Bunker Busters Message To Israel?
Internet Is Losing It Over This Reporter After She Cross-Questioned Karoline Leavitt An NBC News reporter is being praised for 'grilling' White House Press Secretary. Viewers have branded her a 'bad a**' after she pressed Karoline Leavitt. The reporter questioned Leavitt over claims about former president Barack Obama. Trump has alleged that Obama-era officials manipulated intelligence to harm his 2016 campaign. Reporter questioned and cross-questioned Leavitt about Obama's presidential immunity. This viral exchange has garnered over 3 million views, with netizens jumping in on controversy. Watch- 1.4K views | 1 day ago
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Karoline Leavitt sparks speculation that she has DITCHED her religious necklace after brutal Jon Stewart joke
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appears to have scaled back from wearing her religious cross necklace since she was skewered by Jon Stewart in a brutal late-night joke. Since the 27-year-old assumed her post at The White House, she has been known to wear various large cross necklaces during her press briefings, seemingly sending a clear message about her Christian faith. She has also been known to pray with her team before beginning her briefings. But in an early June episode of Jon Stewart's talk show, The Daily Show, he torched Leavitt and her necklace. 'By the way, I think that the more she lies, the bigger her cross gets. Is that possible? It's like some sort of weird Pinocchio cross,' Stewart chided. However, his jokes didn't stop there. He also posited that Leavitt is likely to be 'the only one' who will be able to leave Trump's second term 'unscathed.' Stewart said that he 'doesn't think that she has any principles in there left to die.' And since the jab, some have taken notice that Leavitt doesn't seem to be wearing her cross necklace as often anymore. Earlier this week, Leavitt left her décolletage bare as she donned a black sleeveless dress while addressing press outside the White House on Wednesday. And its prolonged absence has prompted many to wonder about the accessory. 'Why did Karoline Leavitt stop wearing her cross necklace????' one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote on July 9. 'Karoline Leavitt took her cross necklace off for this press conference,' another observed of her July 7 briefing. Someone else wrote on X on June 23, 'Why did Karoline Leavitt stop wearing her necklace with the cross?' 'Karoline Leavitt was seen without her cross necklace after being mocked by Daily Show host Jon Stewart. Do you think she should keep wearing it?' another posited. However, although the Press Secretary appears to have been wearing her necklace less, she hasn't completely gotten rid of it from her wardrobe rotation. She has been spotted on a handful of occasions since but eagle-eyed fans have identified that it is nowhere near as constant. In the past, Leavitt has spoken about how much her Christian faith means to her. 'My faith is incredibly important to me, I would argue now more than ever,' she told CBN News in a March interview. 'Being in a role that is very demanding and at times, controversial, and there's a lot of public pressure and discussion online about who you are and your family, and you know, it could be difficult for someone who doesn't have faith, but with faith, all things are possible.'
Business Insider
6 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
White House suggests Trump doesn't want Elon Musk's xAI to have federal contracts
President Donald Trump may be at odds with his own administration over Elon Musk's AI company. When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by a reporter on Wednesday whether the president supported federal agencies contracting with Musk's xAI, she indicated that he does not. "I don't think so, no," Leavitt replied. That's despite the Department of Defense recently announcing a contract of up to $200 million with the company. "I'll talk to him about it," Leavitt replied when asked whether Trump would like to see existing contracts cancelled. — bryan metzger (@metzgov) July 23, 2025 The White House did not respond to requests for clarification of Leavitt's comments. xAI did not immediately return a request for comment. xAI recently launched a suite of government-focused products called "Grok for Government," saying that other federal agencies can purchase those tools through the General Services Administration. After forging a political alliance that lasted for nearly a year, Trump and Musk's relationship blew up in early June over the tech titan's objections to the deficit impacts of the "Big Beautiful Bill." One of Musk's other major companies, SpaceX, still has contracts with the federal government despite the feud.
L'Orient-Le Jour
22-07-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
US President Trump 'caught off guard' by Israeli strikes in Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump was "caught off guard" by Israeli strikes in Syria last week, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Monday, adding that he discussed the issue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel had launched strikes on the capital Damascus and the southern Druze-majority city of Sweida, saying it aimed to put pressure on the Syrian government to withdraw its troops from the region amid ongoing clashes there. Trump "was caught off guard by the bombing in Syria and also the bombing of a Catholic church in Gaza," Leavitt told reporters at a press briefing. "In both accounts, the president quickly called the prime minister to rectify those situations," she continued. Netanyahu had visited the White House earlier this month, his third trip since Trump returned to power on Jan. 20. "The president enjoys a good working relationship with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, and stays in, you know, frequent communication with him," Leavitt said. "When it came to Syria, we saw a de-escalation there." Israel and Syria on Friday entered a U.S.-brokered cease-fire. Also on Friday, PM Netanyahu called Pope Leo to express regret at the strike on the Catholic church in Gaza, blaming a "stray missile." In May, Trump met with Syria's Islamist president Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia shortly after lifting many longstanding U.S. sanctions against Damascus. Trump later praised the leader, who led a major armed group that was once aligned with Al Qaeda and toppled the Syrian government in December. The United States removed a bounty on Sharaa's head after he came to power.
Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
'Opposite Of Reality': Critics Torch Karoline Leavitt's Bold New Claim About Trump
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is facing criticism for a new claim about President Donald Trump that many are calling simply unbelievable. The moment came when a reporter asked Leavitt about the frustration among Trump's MAGA base over the failure to release files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as Trump and those around him had repeatedly promised. Leavitt said Trump's as popular among the GOP base as ever. 'The president is the creator and the leader of the Make America Great Again movement. It's his baby that he made and he knows what his supporters want,' Leavitt said. 'It's transparency, and he has given them that on all accounts when it comes to everything this administration has done.' She pointed to Trump's frequent interactions with the media as an example of that transparency, and claimed 'no question is off limits.' However, Trump often attacks reporters for asking questions he doesn't like rather than providing answers. When a reporter asked about the optics of Trump accepting a free airplane from Qatar in May, for example, Trump fired back: 'You should be embarrassed asking that question.' He's also been accused of doing anything he can to distract from the Epstein case, such as attacking former President Barack Obama, suing the Wall Street Journal, and threatening sports teams. Many pointed out that failing to release the files isn't transparent at all:
